Spotted Nightjar vs Ocellated Poorwill

Eurostopodus argus 比較対象 Nyctiphrynus ocellatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Spotted Nightjar Ocellated Poorwill
学名 Eurostopodus argus Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae Caprimulgidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 42.7 cm (16.8 in) 25.1 cm (9.9 in)
体重 102.5 g (3.62 oz) 38.12 g (1.34 oz)
食性 Aerial insectivore; hawks large moths, beetles, and flying insects at dusk and dawn over Australian … Nocturnal aerial insectivore; hawks moths and small insects over South American forest interior.
一腹卵数 1 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Spotted Nightjar only

Ocellated Poorwill only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Spotted Nightjar

さえずり

Loud churring 'good-lord-deliver-us' repeated at dusk; melodic bubbling quality; also emits hollow 'cow-cow-cow' series and soft frog-like croaking

Ocellated Poorwill

さえずり

Soft, repeated 'oo-whirr'; gentle purring whistle from Amazonian forest floor; calls at night from ground perch; quiet and easily overlooked despite continuous calling

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Geographic Range & Migration

Spotted Nightjar

Resident and partial migrant of open woodland, grassland, and scrub across mainland Australia and migrating to New Guinea and Indonesia in winter.

Ocellated Poorwill

Resident of lowland and foothill forest edge, secondary growth, and scrub from Nicaragua south through Panama and northwestern Colombia to Peru.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Spotted Nightjar

Least Concern

Ocellated Poorwill

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How to Tell Them Apart

Spotted Nightjar

羽毛

Cryptically mottled grey-brown, rufous, and black with intricate vermiculations; distinctive large white spots on wing coverts; white throat patch; no white in wings or tail. Sexes similar with slight pattern …

Ocellated Poorwill

羽毛

Brown mottled above with distinctive buff and rufous ocellated spots on wing coverts giving spotted appearance; pale buff below with dark barring; white throat in male; small white tail spots; …

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About These Birds

Spotted Nightjar

オーストラリア本土のスピニフェックス草原に生息するヨタカで、体重103g。

Ocellated Poorwill

A small Caprimulgidae poorwill (~38 g) of lowland and foothill rainforest understorey from Nicaragua through the Amazon Basin. Named for pale ocellate spots on the wing coverts visible at rest. Roosts on or near the ground; feeds on insects nocturnally. Secretive and infrequently recorded. Least Concern.

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